After repeatedly flying surveillance aircraft into disputed airspace with Japan, and Tokyo scrambling F-15s in response, China's now sending fighters of its own on "routine flights" into the East China Sea.

China Daily:

A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday that Chinese military planes were on"routine flights" in relevant airspace over the East China Sea. Spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks at a press briefing in response to media reports that Japan sent fighter jets to head off a number of Chinese military planes spotted in Japan's "air defense identification zone" over the East China Sea on Thursday.

The Chinese jets could be flying from air base Shuimen, built east of the islands in Fujian Province. Satellite imagery of the base first came to light in 2009, but experts believe it reached completion late last year.

The Taipei Times reported in May 2012 that satellite images showed J-10 combat aircraft, Su-30 fighters, and various unmanned drones arriving at the base.

In addition to aircraft experts believe Russian made S-300 long-range surface-to-air missiles ring the airbase, providing some of the best missile protection in the world. The S-300 is comparable to the U.S. made Patriot missile recently sent to Turkey

It's been an amazing run, but that record likely won't stand much longer, given the numerical superiority of equal or better opponents, along with the intel the world has gained from studying our methods and equipment these last decades of constant use and from our building our tech.

Proverbs 16:18 has something for us.

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posted on 01/11/2013 8:41:51 AM PST
by GBA
(Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)

Sorry, I didn’t think I had to mark my comment as sarcasm.
“Isnt that what any president would do?” We are not talking about Any President, we are talking about Obummer, the guy who apologizes for America across the globe and throws our allies out with the wash water.

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posted on 01/11/2013 10:14:37 AM PST
by Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)

I always figured China would move in on Taiwan, but this Japan thing fooled me. I suppose they figure they can whip Japan and that leaves the US with one less ally in the Pacific. Get Japan out of the way and what do we use as a base.

I suppose they figure they can whip Japan and that leaves the US with one less ally in the Pacific.

Nothing is going to happen. This is simply a distraction tool by the Chinese. They will still move on taking Taiwan, and are simply warning Japan to not interfere lest a war front opens with Japan. Chess pieces moving on a big board. Both China and Japan don't want a war with each other, and will not let hostilities get severe. China in the meantime gets more powerful, and eventually takes Taiwan perhaps through a negotiated settlement where Taiwanese are given limited autonomy. China got it's ass handed to them twice by the Japanese in the last 120 years and remembers not to antagonize the Japanese too much.

Get Japan out of the way and what do we use as a base.
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The Philippines would take us back ... they need the $$$ , we’re already there with MILF suppression teams ... the biggest problem they had with US was that we weren’t discrete enough or publicly polite enough with their women. We could use a friendly port and airfield in that area.

19 I suppose they figure they can whip Japan and that leaves the US with one less ally in the Pacific.

Nothing is going to happen. This is simply a distraction tool by the Chinese. They will still move on taking Taiwan, and are simply warning Japan to not interfere lest a war front opens with Japan. Chess pieces moving on a big board. Both China and Japan don't want a war with each other, and will not let hostilities get severe. China in the meantime gets more powerful, and eventually takes Taiwan perhaps through a negotiated settlement where Taiwanese are given limited autonomy. China got it's ass handed to them twice by the Japanese in the last 120 years and remembers not to antagonize the Japanese too much.

All fiction, especially the part of Jack Ryan in the White House. The Chinese have Obama working for them in dismantling the USA. We have few heroes at the top working for us. The Chinese leaders care more about protecting their nation than our leaders care about protecting us.

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